Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring VBScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 762 679 756
Rank change year-on-year -83 +77 -63
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 31 9 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.018% 0.061%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.17% 0.066% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 23 9 26
10th Percentile £32,050 - £39,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £31,250 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -33.66% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £48,750 £69,219
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,500 £36,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -1.39% -33.02% -4.91%

All Programming Languages
UK

VBScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 18,547 13,660 24,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.87% 27.26% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,191 8,941 16,585
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

VBScript
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VBScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VBScript job vacancy trend in the UK

VBScript
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VBScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VBScript

VBScript
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBScript over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Salary histogram for VBScript in the UK

VBScript
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the UK over the 6 months to 31 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -71 31 £50,000 +33.33% 4
UK excluding London -103 20 £35,500 -1.39% 4
North of England -60 11 £35,500 -23.24% 3
North West 0 10 £35,500 -25.26% 3
London -39 10 £70,000 -3.45%
Work from Home -33 9 £70,000 +67.66%
South East -26 5 £95,000 +153.33%
South West - 2 £47,500 -
West Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 1
Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £32,500 -

VBScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (29.03%) IIS
3 4 (12.90%) Skype for Business
4 1 (3.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (51.61%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (12.90%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SAP Business One
2 1 (3.23%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (22.58%) Azure
3 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
4 4 (12.90%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.23%) AWS
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Skype
2 1 (3.23%) Internet
2 1 (3.23%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (48.39%) SQL Server
2 7 (22.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (16.13%) Power BI
4 4 (12.90%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (6.45%) Power Query
6 1 (3.23%) Metadata
6 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Git
General
1 12 (38.71%) Finance
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Legal
4 6 (19.35%) Law
5 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Developer
2 8 (25.81%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Software Developer
4 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Applications Specialist
4 4 (12.90%) Desktop Support
4 4 (12.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) IT Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) IT Support
4 4 (12.90%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Applications Support
5 3 (9.68%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) .NET Developer
6 2 (6.45%) Applications Developer
6 2 (6.45%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (22.58%) .NET
1 7 (22.58%) CSS
1 7 (22.58%) HTML
2 6 (19.35%) .NET Framework
3 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
3 4 (12.90%) REST
4 2 (6.45%) .NET Core
4 2 (6.45%) Blazor
4 2 (6.45%) Classic ASP
4 2 (6.45%) Entity Framework
4 2 (6.45%) JSON
4 2 (6.45%) Node.js
4 2 (6.45%) XML
5 1 (3.23%) LDAP
5 1 (3.23%) OAuth
5 1 (3.23%) OpenID
5 1 (3.23%) SailPoint
5 1 (3.23%) SAML
5 1 (3.23%) Software Packaging
5 1 (3.23%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.90%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 21 (67.74%) Windows
2 9 (29.03%) Windows 10
3 8 (25.81%) Windows Server
4 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (12.90%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.23%) Linux
6 1 (3.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Performance Tuning
1 9 (29.03%) User Experience
2 8 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (25.81%) ITSM
2 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (22.58%) Application Security
3 7 (22.58%) Case Management
3 7 (22.58%) Document Management
3 7 (22.58%) Secure Coding
4 6 (19.35%) Data Privacy
4 6 (19.35%) Data Security
5 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
5 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
6 4 (12.90%) AI
6 4 (12.90%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (12.90%) Business Process Analysis
6 4 (12.90%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (12.90%) ERP
6 4 (12.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 23 (74.19%) PowerShell
2 16 (51.61%) SQL
3 14 (45.16%) VBA
4 9 (29.03%) T-SQL
5 6 (19.35%) C#
5 6 (19.35%) VB
6 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
7 4 (12.90%) Python
8 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (3.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
1 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (35.48%) Active Directory
2 8 (25.81%) BitLocker
3 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (35.48%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) Grafana
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (90.32%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) ServiceNow
3 6 (19.35%) iManage
4 4 (12.90%) SYSPRO
5 3 (9.68%) Oracle
5 3 (9.68%) SAP
6 2 (6.45%) IBM
7 1 (3.23%) Adobe
7 1 (3.23%) AppDynamics
7 1 (3.23%) CyberArk
7 1 (3.23%) Meraki
7 1 (3.23%) Moogsoft
7 1 (3.23%) Okta
7 1 (3.23%) Snow
7 1 (3.23%) Splunk
7 1 (3.23%) VMware